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Understanding Character through Screenwriting

By Phil Nast May 16, 2012 10:04 am

I want to contrast two pieces of writing I encountered this week. The first was Ann Patchett’s New York Time’s opinion piece on the Pulitzer Prize Board’s announcement they would name no winner in fiction this year. Three finalists…

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Education policy

School Violence is a Continuum

By Liz Manvell March 29, 2012 12:04 pm

In Chardin, Ohio the morning-after talk was all too familiar…

Why did he do it? He just gunned them down. Did he target certain students or was it random? Was he a troublemaker, an outcast, bullied? Did we miss the

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Education technology

Dear EdTech Entrepreneurs…

By Marisa Kaplan May 16, 2012 10:34 am

Dear EdTech Entrepreneurs,

Bringing education into the 21st Century is no easy feat. It depends on collaboration between the major players in the field of educational innovation and technology, and at this time the collaboration is not where it needs…

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Lily's Blackboard

In Case You Were Wondering What Educators Do On National Teacher Day…

By Lily Eskelsen May 7, 2012 3:46 pm

It’s National Teacher Day. So, on this day, teachers will be teaching good nutrition. And first aid. And how to say, “Excuse me.”

Weekly Lowdown #25

5-14-12 Inspiration: If you eat marshmallows on the morning of the test, everything will be okay I’ll keep it short and sweet…no pun intended:) If this photo is not enough to inspire you to engage in the conversations…

EdGeeks

The Campaign Cometh

If anything is clear about the presidential election so far, it's that nothing is very clear at all. We have reached the first phase of the campaign where the key is for both candidates to define themselves and each other…

A New Jersey Farmer Blog: Where Democracy Lives

"… we do not have a sustainable society"

when too few have too much and too many have too little, we do not have a sustainable society The words are from Bernard Rapoport, known to his friends simply as B. I have been reflecting upon them…

teacherken

Friday Morning Fun – Teachers Dancing

I saw this video two days ago and thought then that I would post it for some Friday morning fun. It had under 200,000 views when I first saw it and in two days it's up to almost…

Free Technology for Teachers

How standardized tests are affecting public schools

Florida’s standardized testing program is being misused and has “severely impacted student learning,” according to a new white paper that says that school districts in the state are required to give as many as 62 tests a year to…

The Answer Sheet

Why college tuitions are rising: A contrarian view

This was written by Gary C. Fethke, professor and former dean of the Henry B. Tippie College of Business at the University of Iowa, and Andrew J. Policano, dean of the Paul Merage School of Business at the University…

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